The Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ server market is expected to be the fastest growing among the top 4 server markets in the world. The region offers unique opportunities across each of its 13 countries that are endeavoring to either build a completely brand new competitive and efficient IT infrastructure or expand their infrastructure to address the needs of rapidly expanding business. The evolving capabilities of servers continue to offer newer possibilities for users to reduce cost and increase performance at the same time. With the advances made in ease of use, server density, chip and I/O performance, rack optimization, multicore processing, RAS features, and OS functionality, the future of the server market has never looked brighter. IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Enterprise Server Tracker® offers in-depth views of the server market in each country within the APEJ region.

Technology Coverage and Data Segmentation

This tracker provides total market size and vendor share for the following technology areas and segmentations. Measurement for this tracker is in unit shipments, factory revenue, and customer revenue.

Technologies and subtechnologies:

• CPU type: x86, RISC, EPIC, CISC
• Rack factor: Blade, rack optimized, rack capable, tower/pedestal
• Operating system: Windows, Unix, Linux, NetWare, i5/OS, z/OS, OpenVMS, others
• Server class: High-end enterprise server, midrange enterprise server, volume server

Segmentations:

• Channels: Dealer, direct, distributor, SI, VAR, others
• Company size: Small office (1–9 employees), small business (10–99 employees), medium-sized business (100–499 employees), large business (500–999 employees), very large business (1,000+ employees)
• Vertical markets: Communications and media, distribution, education, finance and insurance, government, manufacturing, travel and transportation, others

Geographic Scope

• Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (13 countries)
• Country breakdown: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, PRC, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, rest of Asia/Pacific

Forecast Coverage

Server forecasts are updated quarterly and include three years of historical data and five years of annual market projections, including the current year. Server market forecast is available at the regional, subregional, and country levels.

• CPU type: x86, RISC, EPIC, CISC
• Operating system: Windows, Unix, Linux, NetWare, i5/OS, z/OS, OpenVMS, others
• Server class: High-end enterprise server, midrange enterprise server, volume server

Delivery Schedule and Deliverables

This tracker is delivered on a quarterly basis with standard format hardcopy data tables and in MS Excel pivot table format to enable clients to do custom data cuts and analysis. The delivery schedule for this tracker is as follows:

• Preliminary data: 54 days after the quarter ends
• Historical data: 60 days after the quarter ends
• Forecast data: 72 days after the quarter ends
• Vertical and company size segment data: 80 days after the quarter ends. A preliminary report is issued 54 days after the close of a quarter that provides a top-line view of the server market broken out by overall, non-x86 Unix, and x86 server segments, which are further segmented by server class and vendors, both in unit shipment and revenue terms. A final report is sent 60 days after the quarter ends. This report contains detailed country tables and the pivot table to enable clients to do custom data cuts. A qualitative report is delivered every six months that analyzes trends in each country market.
• A soft copy of the preliminary report and final reports will be delivered via email as well as through the idc.com tracker Web site in Excel format, unless the client wishes to receive it in another format such as Adobe Acrobat PDF. A soft copy of the database can also be provided to clients via email and through the idc.com tracker Web site in MS Access format.